Midlands authorities report ‘officer involved shooting’ after hostage situation
One person is dead after police responded to a “hostage type situation” in the small town of Rembert, east of Columbia.
The deceased was an armed man who was shot by a Sumter County Sheriff’s Deputy when law enforcement arrived at the scene of a domestic dispute. The man died at the scene, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
“At this time there is one deceased member at the scene and one subject at an area hospital,” read a statement from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Monday.
No law enforcement were injured during the incident, according to SLED.
The shooting occurred around noon Monday. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic call after multiple calls were made to 911 reporting an incident on Leslie Drive in Rembert.
Deputies were told there may be “a hostage type situation,” according to the statement. A victim may have fled from the suspect as deputies arrived, the sheriff’s office said.
“Deputies made contact with a subject on scene that resulted in a shooting incident,” according to the statement.
The incident came a day after Sumter County Sheriff’s deputies were involved in a separate shooting that left the suspect dead and a deputy hospitalized.
This story was originally published September 26, 2022 at 2:45 PM.
